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BeHavioraL HeaLtHNHS NEW YorKSixty miles north of manhattan, Newburgh, NY, is ranked as the 10th most dangerous place to live in the u.S. until recently, this small town of 29,000 residents was the murder capital of New York. Decades of economic decline, high unemployment, violent crime, and urban neglect have significantly depressed this once vibrant community on the Hudson river, leaving its residents in despair and its youth with little confidence for the future. Povertyhas a stranglehold on Newburgh, but there is hope.10